The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-04


II is interesting to occasionally unshelve
the files of some Of the pioneer newspaper,
in this country, and compare their style o.
news in the days Of nat-boats and stage
coaches with the lightning-sent message:
from every quarter OF the world which ap.
pear in our great morning dailies. There
is much in these old papers OF happenings,
the progress Of the times and the wonder
with which they viewed the growth of the
ountry. Several extracts from an issue OF
the State Ledger OF March q, 1919, pub.
lished by Marschalk x Eyens, State print
ems, at Natchez, Miss, are given below.
The letter from Cincinnati, which speaks
OF great enterprise and the wonderful ca
pacity Of its factories, cannot fail TO make
n resident Of that metropolis laugh at its
insigniilcance at that early day.
"The city contains 10000 inhabitants. n
considerable portion of whom are middle
aged persons and are generally actively
employed in the useful vocations of life
Out Of this number only twenty -four are
"Oi the several manufactures in opera
ton that Of the iron foundry may be
noticed first. The establishment is vet i'm
its infancy, and the company to whom il
belongs is enlarging il by the addition Of
an extensive nail factory. II employees mt
present 1870 wOrkmen, and consumes 30, 900
bushels OF coal annually.
THE Phnnix foundry, capital $4,000
is q new establishment. The machinery
is moved by horsepower II consumes
| 5000 bushels Of coal annually. The
steam four-mill, besides having In opera
| ton machinery for cutting nails, spinning,
carding and iulling, manufactures 10000
barrels Of flour and consumes 1900
bushels Of coal annually.
1.-THE Cincinnati sugar refinery rcfnes
! 10000 barrels of sugar, weighing "a 200
pounds, and consumes 5000 bushels Of
coal
"The Cincinnati glass mandatory en-
/ ploys thirty-tvc workmcn, annually con
sumcs 5000 bushels OF coal and 800 cords
OF wood. The steam saw-mill cuts 4. 900
feet Of boards in tWcnty-iour hours, or
! 100000 annually. The OK saw-inill,
moved by oxen on an inclined wheel, an
nually cuts 1850, 900 feet of boards. The
Cincinnati wooden aud lead mandatory.
carried by steam, employs thiriy-hvc work
men and annually consumes 4, l5O bushels
OF coal
"1hc Cincinnati brewery produces .. 900
barrels OF porter aud $40 barrels of beer
annually. The principal part OF the por-
ter is exported. The establishment en-
ploys twelve workmcn. Perry ~ Rileys
brewery produces 600 barrels Of porter
and 600 barrels Of beer annually and en-
ploys seven workmcn.
AT the Cincinnati oil mandatory 4. 900
gallons OF oil is made annually. 4 new
building is being erected. the machinery
t0 be carried 10y crht-horse power. When
in operation II will produce 5000 gallons
of oil annually. Oi the exports from Gin
cinnau, Hour perhaps, IL the most inn
pOrlant ARTICLES 900 barrels have been
inspected during the last twelve months
for expectation. From November /, 1918,
To January, 1870. 1900 barrels Of pork hav
been Hdicd Tor expectation. Also, %
casks OF hnms 800 pounds each, amount
ing 10 2id,uJp pounds Also. I,G0O kcus Oi
lard, seventy five pounds each, weighing
IN all i2O,OOO pounds. The quantity, Of
tobacco exported, ~ well ~ several other
articles, Is not certainly asccriaincd but Of
tobacco 1000 kegs will probably be the
amount. The salt annually imported and
sold IN CincinnatiamOuntst 10 ~, 600 bush
els.
"Of the flour manufactured in town and
the adjacent country, the inhabitants OF
the city consume annually 100000
pounds, besides corn meal, etc. There are
employed Ia Cincinnati iony.onc licensed
wagons, drawn 10y two and four horses.
thirty-siX carts aud drays. In making an
estimate Of the produce exported from this
place, II Is almost impossible TO be nccu-
rate In IN amount The article Of pork,
Land, etc, II is presumed, falls Gar short 81
the real quantity exported. The facility
ol conveying produce down the river in
ilai-boais puts Il within the power OF any
person Ia export for himself Such ~ has
been exported In this aycouldn not, there
fore, be taken into account
The same paper had short article on
~ New Mode Of Propclling Boats" In
which il stated:
"Wm. j. LOWS, Esq, member Of Con-
grcss lrom Virginia, has invented u new
mode Of propclling boats, from whcrry
81 the largest ship NJ war. which is said 10
bp morr simple aud infinitely moro power
iul than any hitherto IN use, and, strange
~ Il may appear, tides and currents. Ia.
stead VI weakening, increase IT, active
power. Steam, weights, springs, horsc OF
manual power can bc used, according 90
the siEc OF the vessel.
Tho following. clipped from the London
Morning Chronicle ol October ., 1918. ap.
pears in the same issue. I've SOC navy
growing to such n magnitude on the other
side oi the Atlantic that those who have
our maritime superiority at heart have the
best founded cause oi apprehension. What
nrc the funds devoted 81 the increase of
this navy, which ~ Justly alarms NJ We
arr 10 accustomed to tho expenditure Of
grcat sums ior little objects that We
can III form nm idea Of what gn,nt
objects can be performed by the
expenditure of small sums by a wally Geo
nomical government The expenses " the
establishment at Windsor rxcccds the an
nual ALLEGATION for the rapid incrcasc Of the
navy In America. II exceeds too, the
whole OF the civil expenditure OF govern
mcnt which causes itself 10 be- respected IN
every quarter in the world "a government
which has never found any difficulty In
obtaining men Of abilities in every depart
mcnt The late lorls OF tho admiralty.
whom We arr taught by ministers 10 look
mp TO a. the nations hope, cost mor than
the whole oi the United states Cabinet,
with the President into the bargnin. Yet
the United States arr better able 10 pay
their public servants than We nrc. Let MS
not be above taking lesson from them,
Tor In truth, they can already give "a not
a few"
How testimonials are most reliable. ami
II you will send your name and ndirra We
viii send statements of numbers ~ the hest
citizens of Nashville regarding the wonder.
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